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IN YOUR SHOES is a fictional writing competition that takes place in India and in Norway.

Guidelines:

The competition is open for everyone, and aims at collecting good texts that tell something about how ordinary and extraordinary people imagine Norway and the people that live there. The genre is free; you can write a story, an essay, a poem or other literary formats. The only criterion is that the text takes place in Norway. You can write about yourself, from inside someone else’s head, about fictitious people and events, about nature, animals, sentiments. Write from inside or outside; you can choose to have a distance or to take a close approach. Write short or long – maximum five pages (approx. 10 000 signs, including spaces).

Use of the texts:

A selection of the texts will be chosen for publishing. In addition to this the texts will be used in relation to a research project at the University of Oslo. The theme of the project is our perceptions of the Other.

I am sorry, I don´t understand the question. Please specify.
The subject matter of the competition is write any text that are taking place in a norwegian context.
Please read the guidelines!
Best regards and good luck

Dear Ujwal, it really does not matter what you write in the subject field.
Maybe something like ” An entry for the writing competition In Your Shoes” ?
Yes, please attach it as a word-file. You may also use other normal formats as pdf, jpeg if that suits you better.
Best regards

The competition is an Indo-Norwegian project (announced in Norway and India), but we welcome all nationalities to participate!
You´ll then have to choose which country you will use as the context for your story,- Norway or India.

The guidelines are very free, but all you have to do is to make your text to be about Norway, in one way or the other. Shape your text to happen in Norway (all of it/parts of it), make the characters/some of them/all of them to be from Norway, or in Norway or some of the plot to be about or in Norway ect.
Basically try to include your imaginations and thoughts about how Norway and/or Norwegian people appear to be to you. How do you imagine them and life over there?

can i use information from internet to make it realistic??? n can i simply describe in form of an account that what all is there in norway ??? n when will i get the result? if i win,..will i get two extra tickets for my mum-dad ?? 😉

It sounds like a good idea! But there are no rules or guidelines that mention that this is a requirement!
You may also only make use of your imagination and the perceptions and knowledge you already have.

yes, you absolutely participate,there are no age limitations!
If the winner is under age there will be arranged for a safe trip with guidance and the necessary to undertake a safe travel to Norway!
Best of luck!

i have exceeded the word limit and signs by 250 and 500 each. my signs are higher because it is in the form of a dialogue. each sentence is on a different line.
i didn’t realize when i exceeded the limit!
will it work out?

i have exceeded the word limit and sign limit by 250 and 500 each.
it is in the form of a dialogue, hence each sentence is on a new line and the signs increased a lot.
i didn’t realise when i exceeded the limit. it is a good read though i promise!
will it work out?
ie. will the text get disqualified?